Coat and trousers hanger



Aug. 14, 1951 COLORUSSO 2,564,297

COAT AND TROUSERS HANGER Filed July 22, 1948 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 lNVENTOR.

LOUIS COLORUSSO (mm-W .fihvv -uw HIS ATTORNEYS.

Aug. 14, 1951 L. COLORUSSO 2,564,297

' QOAT AND TROUSERS HANGER Fild July 22, 1948 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. LOU IS COLORUSSO BY LRIL W $04 v 2444,14,

HIS ATTORNEYS.

Patented Aug. 14,1951

COAT AND TROUSERS HANGER LouisColorusso, New York, N. Y., assignor to The All-Styles Hanger Company, Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application July 22, 1948, Serial N0. 40,092

. This invention relates to improvements in garment hangers and it relates particularly to a novel form of combined coat and trousers hanger.

In accordance with the present invention, I have provided a garment hanger which includes a conventional type of hanger member for receiving a coat, jacket or other similar article and which also has as a part thereof a trousers hanger of the type including spreadable-gripping members for receiving and holding the cuffs of the trousers.

More particularly, trousers hangers are secured fixedly to the coat hanger and may be manipulated between open and closed positions by the rotation of the supporting hook for the entire hanger structure. In order to produce this action, the supporting hook is mounted rotatably in or on the coat hanger member and is provided with a camming mechanism at its lower end which cooperates with a lever on the movable jaw of the trousers hanger so that upon rotation of the hook in one direction, the jaws of the trousers hanger are spread apart and upon movement in the opposite direction, the jaws are forced together to grip and retain the cufis of one or more pairs of trousers.

3 Claims. (01. 223-91) The above-described garment hanger is simple in construction and has the advantage of allowing an entire suit to be suspended from a single unit while at the same time permitting ready removal of the trousers, the coat or both from the hanger.

For a better understanding of the present invention, reference may be had to the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a front view of a typical garment hanger embodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a view in section taken on line 2-2 01 Fig. l with portions of the hanger broken away;

Fig. 3 is a view in section taken on line 33 of Fig. 1.

The form of garment hanger illustrated herein includes a conventional coat hanger member H] which may be formed of wood or other material and has an elevated and tapered center portion l I for receiving the collar and downwardly inclined arms [2 and I3 for receiving and supporting the shoulder portions of the garment. As indicated above, the hanger member may be of any desired construction and may be made of any suitable material, such as for example, wood, plastic or metal.

Extending downwardly from the arms l2 and I 3 near the mid-portion ll of the hanger are a pair of rods or wires l4 and f5 which are bent at about their mid-portions to form loops l6 and IT. The lower ends of the rods are connected to one jaw or clamping bar I 8 of a trousers hanger. The bar I 8 may be formed of wood or any other suitable material and is provided with a groove or recess [9 for'accommodating the seams of the trousers.

The other bar 20 of the trousers hanger is similarly formed and is supported upon a bail or lever member 2| which may be formed or light rod or heavy wire. The member 2! has its opposite ends 22 and 23 bent substantially parallel and secured to the bar 2|] in any desired way. The mid-portion of the bail 2| is bent to form two inclined portions 24 and 25 which pass through the loops l6 and I1, respectively and serve to connect the bar 20 pivotally to the coat hanger l0 and the other bar I8.

The inclined portions 24 and 25 are further bent to form a looped mid-portion 26 of the bail 2|, as best shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The loop 26 is elongated and serves as a lever for moving the bar 20 relative to the bar I8.

In order to operate the clamping bar 20, a camming means is provided which forms a part of or is connected to the supporting hook 21. The hook 2'! has a shaft portion 28 which extends through about the mid-portion of the coat hanger I0 and is rotatable therein so that the hook can be rotated about The lower end of the shaft portion 28 is bent into a generally horizontal spiral portion 29, as best shown in Fig. 2. The spiral portion 29 is hooked through the loop 26 of the bail member 2| and has a sharply inturned end 3|] which prevents these elements from becoming disconnected. Inasmuch as the portion 29 is generally spiral in shape, rotation of the hook 21 and the spiral portion 29 in a counter-clockwise direction, as viewed in Fig. 2, will cause the bar 20 to swing outwardly to the dotted line position shown in Fig. 3, thereby opening the trousers hanger for reception of the cufis of the trousers. Rotation of the hook 21 in the opposite or clockwise direction will force the lever portion 26 outwardly, thereby moving the bar 20 toward the bar l8 to retain the trousers therein. It will be understood that the rods I 4 and 15 and/or the bail member 2| are slightly resilient in order to permit the trousers hanger to accommodate cufis of different thicknesses.

From the preceding description, it will be apparent that a very simple and unitary type of garment hanger has been provided which is easily operated to grip or release the trousers supported therein and to permit the trousers to be removed without even unbuttoning the coat if it is desired to retain it on the coat hanger portion 10.

It will be understood, of course, that the garment hanger is subject to considerable modification, particularly in the types of materials used in its construction and that the operating connection between the hook 21 and the movable bar 20 may bet-modified as desired. Thus, other equivalent cam or eccentric constructions can be used for moving the bar 20 by rotation of the supporting hook. invention described herein should be considered as illustrative and not as limiting the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

1. A garment hanger comprising a garmenthanger member, a trousers hanger. connected, to and supported by said hanger member, said trousers hanger having pivotally connected. gripping jaws movable between open and closed positions, oneof said jaws having a lever extending outwardly therefrom, said lever having an opening therein a supporting hook member havinga substantially straight shank extending through said hanger member, said shank having an innerendadjacent to said trousers hanger, said hook member being rotatable in said: hanger member about the axis of said shank, and spiral camming means on said inner end of said shank extending through said opening to move said lever and open and close said trousers hanger upon rotation of said hookmember.

2; A garment hanger comprising a garment hanger member, a supporting hook having a straight shank extending throughsaid hanger member'and rotatable therein about the axis of said shank, a first gripping member fixed to and suspended below said hanger member, asecond Therefore, the form of the,

4 gripping member pivotally connected to said first gripping member between the latter and said hanger member, a lever connected to said second gripping member and having an opening adj acent its outer end, and spirally curved camming means on the end of said shank extending through said opening and engaging said'lever to move said secondgripping member toward and away from said first gripping member in response to rotation of said hook.

3. A garment hanger comprising a coat hanger member, a supporting hook rotatably connected to said hanger member, a pair of rods extending from the sideof said member opposite from said hook, said' rods being bent at their mid-portions to form loops, a first trousers gripping member fixed to the ends of said rods, a second gripping member, a rod member connected at its opposite ends to the second gripping member and having angularly related portions extending through and. rotatable in said. loops and, an end portion. of loop formation extending toward, said hanger member, and a spirally bent inner end on said, hook member engaging said end portion for moving said endv portion and said second gripping member in response to rotation of said hook,

LOUIS COLORUSSO'.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,524,819 Bolen Feb. 3, 1925'- 2, i23,369 Brunner July 1, 1947- 14241148 Pankowski July 15, 1947 

